Millions of high school and college biology textbooks imply that Stanley Miller, in the 1950's, showed that life could arise by chance. Nothing could be further from the truth. Miller, in his famous experiment in...
The mother-daughter relationship can be difficult to understand. Why are the two so different? Now a Northwestern University study shows how this happens ..."A research team has discovered a new mechanism for cell fate determination -- how one cell, the daughter, becomes...
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Battle against the Malaria have been finally won. Scientists in Australia have discovered a treatment to combat deadly Malaria. This discovery will help millions of people in developing and poor...
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Cutting edge thinking on harnessing the enzyme activity of bacteria to power appliances such as laptops. Some might begin to worry about the 'design' element when applied to bacteria or other living matter and the...
" MIT researchers have identified a critical link between two proteins found in brain tumors , a discovery that could eventually help treat a form of brain cancer that kills 99 percent of patients."
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A fundamental shift in the way biologists view and understand how our genetic code works is underway. This comes a few decades after molecular biologists first produced a coherent model for how genes are...
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"Report came in that UK scientists,The Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, have developed genetically modified chickens capable of laying eggs containing proteins needed to make cancer-fighting drugs.”One of the characteristics of lots of medical treatments these days is that...
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The first ever catalogue of the different types of proteins found in sperm could help reveal the origins of sex and explain some of the mysteries of infertility, say scientists. Research published in the journal...
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The nucleus of a mammal cell is made up of component parts arranged in a pattern which can be predicted statistically, says new research published today. Scientists hope this discovery that parts of the inside of a...
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